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medicare's top risk analyst, it was the president's most significant domestic policy achievement and the very aides that pushed the law through congress were risking bad implementation for a short-term political gain. regarding the president's infamous promise if you like it, you can keep it, some white house policy advisers objected to the breadth of keep your plan, they were overruled. in recent days, current aides have downplayed or dismissed the damage of those words. >> the vast majority of americans that statement will hold true. for this small group of americans it hasn't. the calamitous thing here the website wasn't up. many of those people who have to transition will get better insurance for less money but they can't tell now. >> any debate regarding the president's statement ever took place. >> i don't recall significant discussions around some of the verbiage on this to be 100% honest with you. >> do you agree it was a wrong move? >> certainly. >> one former senior administration official said the law is crafted by white house and lawmakers, some white house policy adviser
medicare's top risk analyst, it was the president's most significant domestic policy achievement and the very aides that pushed the law through congress were risking bad implementation for a short-term political gain. regarding the president's infamous promise if you like it, you can keep it, some white house policy advisers objected to the breadth of keep your plan, they were overruled. in recent days, current aides have downplayed or dismissed the damage of those words. >> the vast...
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to question the medicare chief, marilyn tavenner. she's expected to say the website is getting better and added capacity by doubling the number of servers. but the website crashed again yesterday and is now offline every night from 1:00 to 5:00 a.m. at an organized -- at an organizing for action event last night, president obama made an election day analogy. >> i have run my last political campaign. but i'll tell you what, i've got one more campaign in me. the campaign to make sure that this law works for every single person in america. >> let me bring in our company. liz sidoti is the national politics editor, alex burns, senior political editor for politico. good morning. >> good morning, chris. >> we're going to keep our eye on this live hearing today, and it's also election day. liz, the president said himself this is going to be his last campaign, selling the health care law. how's he doing so far? >> well, i think he's having incredible difficulty in doing that. i mean his message was fairly strong heading into this as he pivot
to question the medicare chief, marilyn tavenner. she's expected to say the website is getting better and added capacity by doubling the number of servers. but the website crashed again yesterday and is now offline every night from 1:00 to 5:00 a.m. at an organized -- at an organizing for action event last night, president obama made an election day analogy. >> i have run my last political campaign. but i'll tell you what, i've got one more campaign in me. the campaign to make sure that...
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cvs/pharmacy wants to help you save on medicare expenses. talk to your cvs pharmacist, call, or go to cvs.com/compare to get your free, personalized plan comparison today. call, go online, or visit your local store today. >>> workplace discrimination against gay americans, five republicans are backing it along with all 55 senate dems and initial test vote is scheduled for tonight. >>> just ahead of that vote, a main democratic congressman has announced he is gay. he is challenging the state's republican governor in next year's election and made the announcement to counter what he calls a whisper campaign to weaken his bid for the office. >>> talk is cheap but twitter is not. the company raised initial selling price for shares when it become listed on the new york stock exchange later this week. the price has been raised from starting at $17 to now $23. the markets are closely watching this ipo, the most anticipated since facebook's last year, which was largely considered a flop. >>> and a truly bizarre story out of nyu here in manhattan. a s
cvs/pharmacy wants to help you save on medicare expenses. talk to your cvs pharmacist, call, or go to cvs.com/compare to get your free, personalized plan comparison today. call, go online, or visit your local store today. >>> workplace discrimination against gay americans, five republicans are backing it along with all 55 senate dems and initial test vote is scheduled for tonight. >>> just ahead of that vote, a main democratic congressman has announced he is gay. he is...
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covered by most insurance plans, including medicare. ask your health care provider about levemir® flexpen today. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know that when a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, it does make a sound? ohhh...ohhh...oh boy! i'm falling. everybody look out! ahhhhh...ugh. little help here. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. anybody? >>> a georgia judge is expected to rule if there will be a coroner's inquest into the death of kendrick johnson, who was found inside a rolled up wrestling mat early this year. the johnson family brings their son was murdered and have disputed official findings by the sheriff and the coroner that his death was an accident. johnson's parents asked for the inquest last month after the coroner refused to reopen the case. gabe gutierrez is in atlanta with the latest. do we have a better time line when the judge can make this ruling here? >> hi, there, tamron. we're monitoring developments and are awaiting
covered by most insurance plans, including medicare. ask your health care provider about levemir® flexpen today. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know that when a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, it does make a sound? ohhh...ohhh...oh boy! i'm falling. everybody look out! ahhhhh...ugh. little help here. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. anybody? >>> a georgia judge is expected to rule if...
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so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, it could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call now to request your free decision guide. i've been with my doctor for 12 years. now i know i'll be able to stick with him. [ male announcer ] you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients. plus, there are no networks, and virtually no referrals needed. see why millions of people have already enrolled in the only medicare supplement insurance plans endorsed by aarp. don't wait. call now. great. this is the last thing i need.) seriously? let's take this puppy over to midas and get you some of the good 'ol midas touch. hey you know what? i'll drive! i really didn't think this th
so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call now and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement insurance plans, it could save you in out-of-pocket medical costs. call now to...
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and mitt romney didn't want to be known as the presidential candidate wanting to kill medicare. that's a really tall order. so the romney camp came up with a solution, i'm rubber, you're glue solution. look, mitt romney claims president obama will end medicare. oh, he'll -- i see. problem solved. in politics, this is a classic. when you're getting attacked for something, just accuse your opponent of being guilty of the same thing. whatever the attack is, if it's sticking to you, just apply those words in a substantively meaningless way to whoever's saying it about you so it seems to start seem confusing to people or the words losing their meaning. it's in that tradition that last night came to this. look. rachel maddow mocked rand paul for plagiarism, but she's been accused of it too. this article on the conservative website which includes input from senator paul's representatives and even a statement from a rand paul adviser presents no evidence at all of plagiarism by the show. the closest it gets to accusing the show of plagiarism is noting other people on the internet made s
and mitt romney didn't want to be known as the presidential candidate wanting to kill medicare. that's a really tall order. so the romney camp came up with a solution, i'm rubber, you're glue solution. look, mitt romney claims president obama will end medicare. oh, he'll -- i see. problem solved. in politics, this is a classic. when you're getting attacked for something, just accuse your opponent of being guilty of the same thing. whatever the attack is, if it's sticking to you, just apply...
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there will come a time when they start asking poor people in red states who could have applied for medicare what it was like not to be able to get access to insurance. >> nobody has a program, an option. >> let me ask you, there are several competing areas here. i'm of the mind the website will get fixed hopefully by november 30th. i think the republicans are gradually accepting that idea as well. they are losing this idea of people losing their insurance. as key advisers noted those plans were crappy to begin with. but they are going to continue to get hammered on this issue of credibility and trustworthy. jay carney punted this question over the insurance market and said, the problem, which has always been the problem, insurance companies in that wild, wild west of the insurance market could arbitrarily cancel, change, downgrade those plans at any time and many of them have over the last several years. that's true. but it's not like the white house didn't know. >> by the way, i don't recall that being the applause line in the 500 speeches i had to sit through. i mean, this is clearly they
there will come a time when they start asking poor people in red states who could have applied for medicare what it was like not to be able to get access to insurance. >> nobody has a program, an option. >> let me ask you, there are several competing areas here. i'm of the mind the website will get fixed hopefully by november 30th. i think the republicans are gradually accepting that idea as well. they are losing this idea of people losing their insurance. as key advisers noted...
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covered by most insurance plans, including medicare. ask your health care provider about levemir® flexpen today. still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. >>> back now with our continuing coverage with the shooting at los angeles international airport. a tsa officer is dead, alleged gunman armed with a semiautomatic rifle near a security checkpoint. he's now in custody. let's turn to msnbc analyst bill bratton who ran the lapd for seven years. a gunman opening fire in the crowded l.a. airport on a friday morning is a security person's nightmare. >> it certainly is but ironically it's one that's been prepared for during a recent press conference with the mayor and the police officials at the airport, chief gannon, now head of the airport police department, referenced they just recently had a training drill with exactly this scenario as the basis of the drill. when i first took over as chi
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after 9/11, the government expands to deal with security, there's also medicare part d, there's government spending and the bailouts, which conservatives start to rebel against and president obama continues that. and the answer has been john mccain in 2008 and mitt romney in 2012, and there is a lot of the conservatives who say, hey, guys, that's the wrong approach. we've got to have more conservative nominees if we're really going to get healed in this party, they are not the answers. yet you seem to be doubling down on the idea that electability is the key, but the ranks in the party says, no, we've got to get back to our conservative roots. >> electability and conservatism, i think, goes together. you have a party which is conservative. in my campaign, i think i made it very clear how i was going to get america working again, how i would get a balanced budget and start reducing our debt. i had a very conservative platform, and that kind of conservative platform, i think, is the foundation of any kind of successful campaign in 2016. i just happen to think you want to combine conservatism
after 9/11, the government expands to deal with security, there's also medicare part d, there's government spending and the bailouts, which conservatives start to rebel against and president obama continues that. and the answer has been john mccain in 2008 and mitt romney in 2012, and there is a lot of the conservatives who say, hey, guys, that's the wrong approach. we've got to have more conservative nominees if we're really going to get healed in this party, they are not the answers. yet you...
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medicare, social security, food stamps au these programs. but when you cut money out of a food stamp program, you're taking food right off the table. i stopped in the grocery store and bought $36 worth of groceries the other day just to see what it's like. you know, it was five yogurts and five cans of soup and a box oftrist cuts and a few things. you say to yourself, if that's what you're taking away from a family of four, some days there's simply not going to be anything on the table for those people. so it isn't a question of whether whether they're living high on the hog. it is really a question of whether you're giving them enough energy to go to school and do well in school, work or to go look for a job or anything else. if you want people to work, you've got to have them fed. >> yeah. how do you see both sides of the aisle trying to negotiate on a farm bill considering such a huge $35 billion gap between how much the house and senate want to cut from the food stamp program? >> one of the questions that has to be answered here in the b
medicare, social security, food stamps au these programs. but when you cut money out of a food stamp program, you're taking food right off the table. i stopped in the grocery store and bought $36 worth of groceries the other day just to see what it's like. you know, it was five yogurts and five cans of soup and a box oftrist cuts and a few things. you say to yourself, if that's what you're taking away from a family of four, some days there's simply not going to be anything on the table for...
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visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> so which political story will make headlines in the next 24 hours? chris cillizza is back with us. tomorrow our favorite day, election day, virginia seems to be the place to watch. you have vice president biden stumping for mcauliffe. what will you watch for tomorrow? >> i have a little bit of a political nerd flag to raise. the lieutenant governor's race in virginia appears to be over. terry mcauliffe goes in with every poll suggesting he's winning. keep an eye on attorney general's race, the third statewide office on the ballot. democrats have not swept all three races since 1989. if they sweep all three, big moment for the democratic party in virgin
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an important message for an important message for americans eligible for medicare. the annual enrollment period is now open. now is the time to find the coverage that's right for you ...at the right price. the way to do that is to explore your options. you can spend hours doing that yourself ... or you can call healthmarkets, and let us do the legwork for you - with no cost or obligation. we'll search a variety of plans from nationally recognized companies to find the coverage that's the best fit for you, at a price that fits your budget. and we'll do it at no charge to you. you can talk to us over the phone ... or meet with a local licensed representative in person. why pay a penny more than you have to for an insurance policy? in the past 3 years alone, healthmarkets insurance agency has enrolled americans in more than 1.1 million insurance polices ... put our free service to work for you at no charge. >>> $5 billion in cuts in food stamps just went into effect. republicans pushing for even deeper cuts for the s.n.a.p. program. their fight to keep food on the fami
an important message for an important message for americans eligible for medicare. the annual enrollment period is now open. now is the time to find the coverage that's right for you ...at the right price. the way to do that is to explore your options. you can spend hours doing that yourself ... or you can call healthmarkets, and let us do the legwork for you - with no cost or obligation. we'll search a variety of plans from nationally recognized companies to find the coverage that's the best...
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but again, this was a major, major social change, the most major change since medicare and medicaid 35 years ago. and in two years, no one is going to remember this if the law works. >> right. >> if most people get insurance, which they will, that's cheaper and more effective, they're not going to remember the problems of the rollout. now, of course, the republicans have been doing everything they can to sabotage the underlying law. i mean, one of the reasons, not the only reason, but one of the reasons you're having such a problem with the central exchange is because most of the states with republican governors or legislatures refuse to set up their own exchanges, which was anticipated and the republican congress refused to appropriate money for the federal exchange, which had to be much more expensive to take care of all the people that the state exchanges should have taken out. so they did everything they could to sabotage this. and now they're busy sabotaging the navigators and the people on the ground trying to tell people what their rights oh. and then, of course, remember, one o
but again, this was a major, major social change, the most major change since medicare and medicaid 35 years ago. and in two years, no one is going to remember this if the law works. >> right. >> if most people get insurance, which they will, that's cheaper and more effective, they're not going to remember the problems of the rollout. now, of course, the republicans have been doing everything they can to sabotage the underlying law. i mean, one of the reasons, not the only reason,...
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visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare got it! i...did not get it. [ female announcer ] you may not be the best with a smart phone but you know what's best for your kids. so we listened when you said gogurt should have only natural colors and flavors and no high fructose corn syrup. thanks, mom. >>> we are back with the brain trust and we want to know what they thought was the most overlooked and underplayed stories of the week. chris and christin and david. david, kick us off. >> richard, this might have been overlooked everywhere but "the washington post" newsroom. jeff bezos going to a hot new blogger. bob woodward is coming back and doing more urgent and quick stories than his books. we're excited to have him and working with him. >> that's interesting. let's go to you, christine. >> "the new york times" had a story and didn't get a lot of coverage on the air yet and that's that the u.s. chamber of commerce playing into the congressional primary seats. alabama, one in michigan. if they start to do this now and more next year a
visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare got it! i...did not get it. [ female announcer ] you may not be the best with a smart phone but you know what's best for your kids. so we listened when you said gogurt should have only natural colors and flavors and no high fructose corn syrup. thanks, mom. >>> we are back with the brain trust and we want to know what they thought was the most overlooked and underplayed stories of the week. chris and christin and david. david, kick us off....
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never asked him about the rollout of medicare part d. i bet edward r. merle would really be excited about that one, wouldn't he? >> sean hannity would sell his absolute soul to defeat obama and obama care. and he puts no value on his journalistic integrity, if he has any. here's one more example of deceit by sean hannity. earlier this month, sean hannity had a panel on the show, panel of guests with so-called real stories about obama care, causing them all kin of harm. >> our new policy that we can have will have the same benefits to it. anything similar, though, is going to rise between, like, 50 to 72%. >> we don't even have insurance for our daughter, who has a preexisting condition. so we're looking at probably $20,000 in premiums next year. >> as business, we are jumping through more hoops, more regulation, more paperwork. and we've also cut back on hiring full-time employees, because of the health care cost involved. >> well, it turns out those real stories were simply not accurate. reporting for salon.com, eric stern conducted actual interviews o
never asked him about the rollout of medicare part d. i bet edward r. merle would really be excited about that one, wouldn't he? >> sean hannity would sell his absolute soul to defeat obama and obama care. and he puts no value on his journalistic integrity, if he has any. here's one more example of deceit by sean hannity. earlier this month, sean hannity had a panel on the show, panel of guests with so-called real stories about obama care, causing them all kin of harm. >> our new...
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medicare open enrollment. of year again. pillsbury grands biscuits. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. but it never hurts to see if you can find better coverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. open enrollment ends december 7th. so now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare stick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the flexcare platinum. new from philips sonicare. >>> according to a recent gallup poll, for the first time ever, a majority of americans now favor legalizing marijuana. 58% of americans say pot should be legal. that's up 10 percentage points since last november. now, this public surge in popularity comes after both washington state and colorado legalized the sale of marijuana for recreational use almost a year ago. yet this new found interest in decriminalizing weed has failed to address the continuing racial disparities in marijuana arrests. in a special issue, "dope and change," why it's always been temptin
medicare open enrollment. of year again. pillsbury grands biscuits. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. but it never hurts to see if you can find better coverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. open enrollment ends december 7th. so now's the time. visit medicare.gov or call 1-800-medicare stick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the flexcare platinum. new from philips sonicare....
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he put out a book questioning social security, medicare. he's been a flame thrower. he called bob mcdonnell a liberal. so, you got these two states that barack obama won. and then one state you have somebody running a hard right campaign and if he loses to terry mcauliffe especially. terry mcauliffe doesn't look like, talk like, act like a virginia governor. it will be a shock if he wins that state. >> differ with you a little bit. he's proven -- he's a deal maker, a business guy. democrats like that. >> he wins big in a state like virginia looking like an outsider. it's more damning for the type of campaign cuccinelli ran whereas you go up to jersey chris christie in this blue state that no republicans won since 1988, he's the first pro life governor to win since roe v wade, yeah he's provided blueprint in how republicans can get back in the landslide game on a national scale. >> coming up on "morning joe," chris matthews joins us. and zeke emanuel joins us. plus chuck. mark halperin and john heileman. went the top stories in the political playbook. but first bill k
he put out a book questioning social security, medicare. he's been a flame thrower. he called bob mcdonnell a liberal. so, you got these two states that barack obama won. and then one state you have somebody running a hard right campaign and if he loses to terry mcauliffe especially. terry mcauliffe doesn't look like, talk like, act like a virginia governor. it will be a shock if he wins that state. >> differ with you a little bit. he's proven -- he's a deal maker, a business guy....